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A lot of people have been diagnosed with PCOS in the last 5 years
but it's been increasing at an alarming rate
like I see 8 out of 10 women with PCOS.
So what would be the main cause
of them being diagnosed with PCOS?
So the cause, there could be many like I said lifestyle factors
but how do you detect that
you have PCOS, there are three criterias.
You either have cyst in your ovaries,
so when you go for an ultrasound on the second or
third day of your periods the doctor tells you that
you have cyst which are actually follicles
which haven't developed completely
because of lack of female hormones and excess male hormones.
The second criteria is that you have all the male patterns like
acne on the jaw line,
hair growth on the chin, cheeks, chest, naval
and all the male androgen patterns like balding
and the third criteria is irregular periods.
So either you miss your periods
or your periods are 35 days up every cycle.
So these three criterias will actually determine
if you are a PCOS patient but not necessarily
because even thyroid plays a very important role
and it also has similar symptoms.
So PCOS and thyroid kind of go hand in hand yes
but these three criterias are for PCOS.
Is it possible if a person is diagnosed with PCOS
they'll be diagnosed with thyroid as well?
Well, it could be interchangeable like
PCOS could have thyroid issues or not.
It varies.
It's not a rule that that has to happen.
On a general basis
if you have to advise the women out here watching us
if they have PCOS what's the first thing that they need to
change in their lifestyle?
Their thought process.
Absolutely important so you need to understand
that PCOS is not a disease.
It is just that you haven't taken care of your lifestyle
and so you're seeing certain symptoms.
So a lot of PCOS women they say that
I'm battling with PCOS
and it's made my life hell because
it is a very confident shattering disease
because when you as a woman have hair on your face
it's something that you just wouldn't want to have.
I mean one can't deal with it.
You don't want to go out of the house,
you don't want to meet friends it's really sad.
But yes you need to change your thinking
that your body is actually giving you certain signals
and you need to listen to them
instead of being so against your body and being self
sabotaging like being self criticising
that omg look at the way I look and that's just
not the way.
Just change your thought process
like Okay, this is the way it is and now I need to do
something for this.
So that's the first step.
Convincing yourself that it's not a disease,
it's sign and you have got to change it.
What according to you is the most common mistake
that one does once their diagnosed with PCOS?
Going on a pill.
That's the worst thing you can do to yourself.
A pill is nothing but just an external synthetic hormone
which shuts your reproductive system
and when you bleed on a pill
it's a pill bleed and not an actual bleed because your
hormones are not being produced
so the pill actually gives a signal
to your body to shut the reproductive system
and it does the job but actually you're not ovulating.
So now that when you take a pill nothing improves,
everything is temporarily and you feel like
you have got your periods back, skin is better
but the day you leave the pill, you're in the worst state.
So it does have a lot of side effects.
If they are on the pill if they stop the pill
what else can they do?
Change your lifestyle,
so when I deal with PCOS women I have like a 12 page quiz which
we ask them to fill and we judge what is the cause of their PCOS.
So there are a lot of causes of PCOS
like it could be inflammation, insulin resistance,
thyroid, poor diet, stress.
A lot of factors
so when they fill the quiz we actually understand
which part of their lifestyle is causing the PCOS
but everything is interchangeable and there are types so
everyone is not at the highest PCOS level.
So there is type A, B, C, D.
So A is the highest that all 3 criteria I mentioned,
B is two criteria and C&D are just like the beginning
to get towards the type A.
So when you judge then you actually understand
which part of their lifestyle needs to be corrected.
So if don't have to go on the pill
you first need to judge what your lifestyle is and where
is it wrong?
Correct that with supplements, with herbs
and all of that and then see what needs to be done.
Absolute natural ways.
I have treated so many PCOS women,
their periods have come back
and it's just amazing to see
you get the woman essence back.
So as you mentioned there are 4 categories A, B, C, D so is it possible if a person is
on the C and D level which is the low level
and not taking any medication towards it it
can lead to B and A level as well?
It can it can if they don't take care of their lifestyle.
So PCOS is a problem which cannot be cured,
it can be reversed it's just like diabetes
once a diabetic you're a diabetic.
So once a PCOS you have all the chances of being type A
if you don't take care of your lifestyle
and infact if you take care of your lifestyle
from type A you can actually come
down to type C, D and
then kind of keep the symptoms really minimal without affecting
your life.
Thank you so much Neha, it was a pleasure having you here.
Have a great day I'm jenifer karai
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